Germany to buy up 12 percent of EADS - govt source

BERLIN, March 23 (Reuters) - Berlin is preparing to buy up
to 12 percent of European aerospace group EADS from
Daimler and private banks, a government source said on
Friday.

"The draft of the supplementary budget foresees 1.6 billion
euros for this purpose," the source said, confirming a report in
a German paper that the government could this year increase its
stake in EADS via state-controlled development bank KfW.